PKSC 1020 ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS FULL PREPARATION
REFERENCE FILE
●● Earliest Packaging
Answer: Consider what life was like in ancient days
packaging provided a simple function of containment
From natural sources (seashells, coconut shells, etc.)
●● 3000 B.C.
Answer: Egyptians learned to blow and cast glass
●● 105 A.D.
Answer: Paper invented in China
●● c. 1500
Answer: cork stopper used for bottles such as wine (first evidence of
protective packaging)
●● 1809
Answer: Nicholas Appert - Canning Process
,●● 1810
Answer: Peter Durand develops "tin canister"
●● End of Industrial Revolution and around WWII
Answer: There was a movement from bulk packaging to retail
packaging. This illustrates how social changes interact with packaging
developments
●● 1950's to 60's
Answer: convenience and brand expansion
●● 1970's
Answer: improvements in distribution and material handling
●● 1980's
Answer: improvements in barrier films and microwave packaging
●● 1990's
Answer: environmental awareness and market globalization
●● 1868
Answer: John Hyatt - patent for celluloid, leading to the development of
cellulose, first "plastic"
,●● 1877
Answer: Quaker Oats first used the "Quaker Man" to represent their
product
●● 1895
Answer: toothpaste first offered in tubes
●● 1930
Answer: Polyethylene discovered in England, eventually one of the most
commonly used packaging plastics
●● 1954
Answer: polypropylene used for packaging
●● 1960-1970
Answer: laws clarified and improved
●● 1987
Answer: New Jersey enacts first statewide recycling law for plastic
containers
●● 1990
, Answer: Nutritional Labeling and Education Act
●● Importance of packaging to society
Answer: Essential for us to have and get what we want, reduces waste
●● Retort
Answer: preserve cooking, pressure cooking in cans to make shelf stable
●● Future Trends
Answer: away from glass and metal toward plastics and composites;
away from rigid toward flexible and semi-rigid; metalized instead of foil
laminates; tamper evident; more informative; convenience; reduced
packaging; incorporation of more recycled materials; more technically
complex-breathable, temp sensors, oxygen, absorber, holographic
images
●● Most companies are either ...
Answer: users or suppliers
●● Some larger companies can be...
Answer: Users and suppliers
●● A raw material producer may also be a ...
CORRECT ANSWERS FULL PREPARATION
REFERENCE FILE
●● Earliest Packaging
Answer: Consider what life was like in ancient days
packaging provided a simple function of containment
From natural sources (seashells, coconut shells, etc.)
●● 3000 B.C.
Answer: Egyptians learned to blow and cast glass
●● 105 A.D.
Answer: Paper invented in China
●● c. 1500
Answer: cork stopper used for bottles such as wine (first evidence of
protective packaging)
●● 1809
Answer: Nicholas Appert - Canning Process
,●● 1810
Answer: Peter Durand develops "tin canister"
●● End of Industrial Revolution and around WWII
Answer: There was a movement from bulk packaging to retail
packaging. This illustrates how social changes interact with packaging
developments
●● 1950's to 60's
Answer: convenience and brand expansion
●● 1970's
Answer: improvements in distribution and material handling
●● 1980's
Answer: improvements in barrier films and microwave packaging
●● 1990's
Answer: environmental awareness and market globalization
●● 1868
Answer: John Hyatt - patent for celluloid, leading to the development of
cellulose, first "plastic"
,●● 1877
Answer: Quaker Oats first used the "Quaker Man" to represent their
product
●● 1895
Answer: toothpaste first offered in tubes
●● 1930
Answer: Polyethylene discovered in England, eventually one of the most
commonly used packaging plastics
●● 1954
Answer: polypropylene used for packaging
●● 1960-1970
Answer: laws clarified and improved
●● 1987
Answer: New Jersey enacts first statewide recycling law for plastic
containers
●● 1990
, Answer: Nutritional Labeling and Education Act
●● Importance of packaging to society
Answer: Essential for us to have and get what we want, reduces waste
●● Retort
Answer: preserve cooking, pressure cooking in cans to make shelf stable
●● Future Trends
Answer: away from glass and metal toward plastics and composites;
away from rigid toward flexible and semi-rigid; metalized instead of foil
laminates; tamper evident; more informative; convenience; reduced
packaging; incorporation of more recycled materials; more technically
complex-breathable, temp sensors, oxygen, absorber, holographic
images
●● Most companies are either ...
Answer: users or suppliers
●● Some larger companies can be...
Answer: Users and suppliers
●● A raw material producer may also be a ...
